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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

'Uncanny Valley' of Creepy Humanoid Robots Still Not Well Understood (Huffington Post Science)

Crossing the Uncanny Valley: As computer graphics and robots get more human, they often seem more surreal (The Economist, 2010)

Posted by Justin Petersen at 7:53 PM
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